§ 58. Miss Baconasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young people aged 16 and 17 years Were remanded in prison in the latest convenient year to await a sitting of a higher court with a view to a Borstal sentence, or to await transfer to Borstal after being sentenced; and how many were in prison from two to four weeks, four to six weeks, six to eight weeks and over eight weeks, respectively.
§ Miss Pike796 of the boys aged 16 or 17 received under sentence of borstal training had spent a period in a local prison before being sentenced. 1,176 boys of those ages spent a period in a local prison after sentence awaiting removal to a borstal allocation centre.
The periods were as follows:
— Before sentence After sentence Less than 2 weeks … 126 198 Two to four weeks … 209 484 Four to six weeks … 177 293 Six to eight weeks … 159 134 Over eight weeks … 125 67 796 1,176 Similar information for girls is being collected and I will send it to the hon. Member.
I regret that no information is available regarding persons who may have been committed to prison with a view to a borstal sentence but did not, in the event, receive one.